my seashell is bigger than yours!

[dervishcarving]

Well, maybe it is.

This is part of a 2-tree carve in Old Aberdeen. Lovely old house with quite a formal walled-garden and a lovely view to the cathedral. The owner had 2 LARGE elm that had to be taken down but the tree surgeon (Guss on these forums, splendid chap) gave her my card and persuaded her to get them carved and not just taken down to ground level. She didnt want anything overly elaborate (was a shame, i had some great ideas for totems) so i came up with this seashell inspired spiral and the other will be a leaning tower, norman-style with a few windows and arrow slits, heavily weathered stone. A lot of harrycane work but should be fun

Anyway, this piece needed the top 4 or 5 foot removed first, some rot and it had too much of a lean then it was a case of making a spire and cutting teh spiral before sanding, LOTS of sanding. probably 4 or 5 hours of sanding all told. Worth it though, the woodgrain is lovely and there are a lot of burrs which have come up nice. The owner wanted to keep the wood i removed for het fire, such a shame given how pretty it is.

2 and a bit days work for me and my mate. and yes, was a privite commission this time so i even charged them for it

[dervishcarving]

the last picture shows most of the wood we had to remove to get the right shape, is still very wet but will be good once dry. I couldn't believe how wet the wood was and how HARD. I've carved elm many times but this stuff was like iron! I need a ripping chain for the next one, those long lateral cuts took forever with a std semi-chisel chain

This is the next one, about 18 foot high but HOPEFULLY i wont have to remove much off the top of this one. it has rot but hopefully not too much

[gobbypunk]

Nice shell I will be interested to see your tower as I have just been asked to do one out of sweet chestnut i milled the top 14ft last tuesday after it was dropped and now I have to lift the but up again and carve a castle tower so we will be able to compare our towers good luck with it

Cheers Mark

[gobbypunk]

You mentioned a harrycane there was a thing on hear a while back about them but said at time could only be baught with a saw is this right where did you get yours from and how much

Cheers Mark

[dervishcarving]

I think you can get them with or without but the saw needs to be modified to fit the tool. I think it was about £600 with the saw. Chap called Harrold Khunt in germany makes then, ill try find his details for you

[wisewood]

Looks great Dave, good to hear you're getting paid too:001_smile:

[NorfolknGood]

Chap called Harrold Khunt

 

Totally inappropriate but...............

 

Do you think the Vicar had a tourette's moment at the font?

[corylus]

Totally inappropriate but...............

 

 

 

Do you think the Vicar had a tourette's moment at the font?

 

 

 

Like it...... But probably not.